APS gun porn #9

[Fiftydriver]

this rifle is actually a rebarrel on one of my older XHS rifles in 338 Allen Magnum. Customer got a great deal of use out of the original barrel and this time wanted a bit more weight in the rifle. We went with my Raptor XL barrel contour which added some weight to the rifle but more importantly shifted the center of balance rearward making the rifle feel more solid on the bipod or bags. Much different feel.

went with the original 338 Allen Magnum, hard to beat that big girl, 300 gr berger topped out at just shy of 3400 fps. Accuracy tested at just over 3300 fps and shot amazingly well. A new cost of cerakote finish really put the finishing touch on this big rig making it truly new!!

 

[Barrelnut]

Beautiful rifles. Always loved your trademark 4 ring setup.

 

[Fiftydriver]

Beautiful rifles. Always loved your trademark 4 ring setup.

many think its a waste of money, when using my PK brakes, especially on this class of rifle with heavy scopes its almost a requirement to keep scope solidly in place long term. When i first started building these rifles, we had serious issues with the rails slipping on the receiver. This issue showed up as increased vertical stringing at long range, most notable past 800 yards. Pinned the rails to the receiver and solved that issue, however, solving that problem put even more stress on the ring to rail contact.

still experienced vertical stringing. Tried many things but positioning two rings forward in the rail slot to control recoil energy and two rings to the rear of the rail slot to support the negative G forces generated by the muzzle brake solved this slippage issue.

adding any costing to the metal surfaces exaggerates the problem. On these rifles again, pretty much a requirement but also relatively cheap insurance to know your optical system will never slip.

it is more then just slapping 4 rings on the rail, mounted in a very specific and purposeful way.

 

[K.E.C. Darkside]

You build very nice and durable guns. The color combination blends very nice and the background a great display. Thanks for sharing.